ECONOMIC FREEDOM: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES -- ECONOMIC FREEDOM: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES -- Contents -- Foreword: The Importance of Economic Freedom -- References -- Preface -- Introduction and Overview: What is Economic Freedom? -- Introduction -- The Construction of the Index -- Area 1: Size of Government -- Area 2: Legal Structure and Security -- of Property Rights -- Area 3: Access to Sound Money -- Area 4: Freedom to Trade Internationally -- Area 5: Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business -- Construction of Area and Summary Ratings -- Summary Economic Freedom Ratings, 2008 -- Conclusion -- References -- Section 1. Economic Freedom and Growth -- The Two Freedoms in a Growth Model -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- The Theoretical Model -- The Dynamic Panel Data Method -- Data And Estimation -- Conclusions -- References -- Short Run Macroeconomic Performance and Economic Freedom: Can Economic Growth Rates be Higher and More Stable? -- Introduction -- The Meaning and Measure of Economic Freedom -- Economic Freedom as a Determinant of Macroeconomic Stability -- Monetary Policy, Economic Instability, and Economic Freedom -- Adjustments to Monetary Policy, Economic Instability, and Economic Freedom -- Adjustments to Exogenous Shocks, Economic Instability, and Economic Freedom -- Summary -- Data and Methodology -- Empirical Results -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Areas and Components of the EFW Index -- 1. Size of Government: Expenditures, Taxes, and Enterprises -- 2. Legal Structure and Security of Property Rights -- 3. Access to Sound Money -- 4. Freedom to Exchange with Foreigners -- 5. Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business -- References -- Section 2. Economic Freedom and Democracy -- Why Political and Civil Freedom are Fundamental to Economic Freedom, Reform, and Restructuring -- Introduction -- Modernization Theory and the.

"Authoritarian Advantage" -- Political/Civil Freedom and Economic Freedom -- Countries with the Largest Increases -- and Decreases in Economic Freedom -- Countries with the Highest and Lowest -- Levels of Economic Freedom -- The Sequencing of Political/Civil and Economic Freedom in 96 Developing Countries, 1972/73-1995 -- Conclusion -- Economic Freedom, Democracy and Growth -- Introduction: Alternative Views on the Impact of Democracy on Growth -- Economic Freedom Versus Political Freedom -- and Civil Liberty -- Description Of The Data -- Empirical Results -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- The Relationship between Political and Economic Freedom Reconsidered -- Introduction -- The Measurement of Freedom -- The Trend Of Freedom In The World -- Regression Analysis -- Causality Tests -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Are We Taking Certain Liberties by Assuming a Relationship Exists between Economic and Political Freedom? -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Optimists and Pessimists Evaluate Economic and Political Freedom's Relationship -- Outlining the Arguments -- Research Design -- Dependent Variable: Economic Freedom -- Independent Variable: Political Freedom -- Spatial-Temporal Domain for Sample -- Measurement Tactics -- Results -- All Countries -- Developing Countries -- Conclusion -- References -- Section 3. Economic Freedom and Other Values -- Economic Freedom, Globalization and Human Rights: Can We Have it All? -- Introduction -- The Dependent Variables: -- Definition and Measurement -- Basic Human Needs -- Security Rights -- Analytical Framework -- Global Integration -- Economic Freedom -- Democracy -- Control Variables -- Findings -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendix A. Security Rights Scale -- (Political Terror Scale) -- Appendix B. Components of Fraser Institute Index of Economic Freedom.

I. Money and Inflation (Protection of Money as a Store of Value and Medium of Exchange) -- II. Government Operations and Regulations (Freedom to Decide What is Produced and Consumed) -- III. Takings and Discriminatory Taxation (Freedom to Keep What You Earn) -- IV. Restraints on International Exchange (Freedom of Exchange with Foreigners) -- Appendix C. Democracy Indicators in Polity III -- Appendix D. Countries Included in the Analysis -- References -- Male-Female Life Expectancy and Economic Freedom -- Introduction -- Correlates of Relative Longevity -- Fertility -- HIV Incidence -- Income -- Percent Urban -- Percent Using Contraceptives -- Economic Freedom -- The Former Soviet Union -- Government View of Population Size -- Model and Results -- Conclusion -- References -- The Impact of Economic Growth, Tax Policy and Economic Freedom on Income Inequality -- Introduction -- Economic Growth -- Data and Analysis -- Conclusions -- References -- Section 4. Determinants of Economic Freedom -- You Get what You Vote for: Voter Preferences and Economic Freedom -- Introduction -- Data -- Estimation and Regression Results -- Conclusions and Directions for Future Research -- Appendix Data -- References -- Patent Rights and Economic Freedom: Friend or Foe? -- Introduction -- Patent Rights: Some Misconceptions -- Patent Rights and Economic Freedom -- Descriptive Statistics and Correlations -- Sensitivity Analyses -- Future of Patent Rights -- References -- Does Development Aid Lead to Economic Freedom? -- Introduction -- Has Foreign Aid Influenced Economic Freedom? -- Is Good Policy Rewarded with Aid? -- Conclusion -- References -- Social Cohesion and its Relationship to Endogenous Institutional Formation and Economic Growth -- Introduction -- The Current Literature -- Social Cohesion and Institutional Quality -- The Empirical Model -- Data And Estimation.

Results -- Specification Tests and Robustness Checks -- Conclusion -- References -- Section 5. Economic Freedom: What do We Know? -- What Have We Learned from the Economic Freedom of the World Index? -- Introduction -- Lessons from the EFW Project -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Index.